My AM Archive: Summer 2007

WELCOME to another post under the My AM Archive thread, a continual thread of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

This post revisits the Summer of 2007, with logs from June and August of that year.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: May 2007, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

June 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Friday] 8 June [2007]: 1930 - 1950 UTC: 1170 kHz: Magic 1170  320 watts; Excellent to good reception via Stockton-on-Tees [See the Google Maps image of the transmission site, at the top of this post). Mellow Magic. Male speech.
• 8 June: 2016 - 2033 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden  300-600 kW; Excellent to good reception via Solvesborg, Sweden. Swedish language to Europe.
• 8 June: 2103 - 2122 UTC: 1215 kHz: Virgin Radio  Up to 200 kW; Excellent to good reception via multiple transmitters. Virgin Party Classics with Suggs.

August 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Sunday] 19 August [2007]: 1120 - 1200 UTC: 1215 kHz: Virgin Radio  Up to 200 kW; Excellent to good reception. The Geoff Show live at V Festival 07.
• 19 August: 1250 - 1320 UTC: 1242 kHz: Virgin Radio  1 kW; Good reception via Stockton-on-Tees. Geoff, Leona Graham.
• 19 August: 1400 - 1411 UTC: 1341 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster  100 kW; Excellent to good reception via Lisnagarvey, Co Down, Northern Ireland. News.

Verification card from Virgin Radio, 2007.

• 19 August: 1559 - 1615 UTC: 1413 kHz: Fresh Radio  100 watts; Fair to poor reception via Skipton, North Yorkshire. Music: Queen. News.

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Summertime on Short Wave, 2007.

This post is a continuation of the My DX Archive thread. The previous post, with broadcasts from Spring 2007, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

July 2007 : Short Wave

• 14 July [2007]: 1347 UTC: 13610 kHz: China Radio International Excellent to good reception. English 'Listeners' Garden' with Matthew Steadman. Music: Macy Gray 'Related to a psychopath', music from a Chinese artist. Close of programme. Contacts: Zip Code 100040, email address.
• 14 July: 1412 UTC: 13610 kHz: BBC World Service Good to fair reception. Dari [language] via Cyprus [transmitter]. ID by BBC News signature music. Male speech, interviews. To 1425 UTC.
• 14 July: 1429 UTC: 13635 kHz: CVC International Poor to fair reception. English via Darwin, Australia. Male host.
• 14 July: 1450 UTC: 13710 kHz: China Radio International Excellent - Good - Fair reception. English Worldwide 'Listeners Garden' with Matthew Steadman. 'Voices From Other Lands'. Email address.
• 14 July: 1615 UTC: 15000 kHz: WWV Colorado USA. Good reception. Time Signal broadcast, 1 second 'ticks'.
• 14 July: 1702 UTC: 15120 kHz: Voice of Nigeria Excellent to good reception. English. Female host, news: Air conditioned trains now running in South Nigeria. Compensation paid to victims of violence following 2007 elections. Disease endemics in Nigeria. Eritrean authorities accuse British diplomat of spying.

Stamps from Radio Pilipinas

• 14 July: 1733 UTC: 15190 kHz: Radio Pilipinas Excellent to good reception. English ID 'The Voice of the Philippines', Tagalog language programme.
• 14 July: 1751 UTC: 15400 kHz: BBC World Service Excellent to good reception. English to West Africa via Ascension Island. Sports programme.
• 14 July: 1812 UTC: 15410 kHz: Voice of America Excellent to good reception. English to Africa via Briech, Morocco. 'Nightline Africa' Ted Roberts. Democracy and media in Somalia. Chad receives refugees from Darfur. Drug trafficking between Ghana and the United Kingdom. Treatments for HIV - Aids patients in Africa.
• 14 July: 1842 UTC: 15495 kHz: Radio Kuwait Excellent to good reception. Arabic. Female host, flamenco style guitar music.

That completes the logs of broadcasts heard by me, July 2007.

To see an original post, created 14 July 2007, featuring the above logs in a more basic list, click here.

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